When Financial Leadership Fails, Working Families Pay the Price
On Friday night, I sat with a group of airline employees trying to make sense of what might come next.
United States, 5th May 2026 – My Spirit Airlines flight had just been canceled. Like many passengers, I was scrambling to find another way to get where I needed to go. But the real story wasn’t the inconvenience. It was the uncertainty in the room.
The employees I spoke with weren’t just talking about schedules or delays. They were talking about their jobs, their families, and what would happen if the company they relied on could no longer sustain itself. You could feel the weight of it—quiet, real, and immediate.
That moment stayed with me.
By Saturday morning, I had made it to Northern Nevada, where I spoke at the Washoe County Democratic Convention in Sparks. Later that day, I spoke a...
